NEWS: Lord Huron @ The Cluny

Sunny sounds abound from Los Angeles natives Lord Huron, who play The Cluny next week

By Claire Dupree
on Thursday, November 5th, 2015

Sunny sounds abound from Los Angeles native Lord Huron, who play The Cluny, Newcastle on Monday 9th November. New single Hurricane (Johnnie’s Theme) is a carefree alt. folk glory, replete with subtle harmony-drenched vocals, at turns anthemic and introspective, it’s the perfect song to introduce the band’s second album, Strange Trails.

That the group contributed a handful of tracks to the recent Bill Bryson biopic A Walk In The Woods (which stars Robert Redford, who counts himself as a fan, dontcha know) comes as no surprise. Theirs is music which relishes wide open spaces and expansive rhythms; take The Birds Are Singing as a case in point, with its slow-burning opening and cinematic atmospherics, or the Morricone-esque The World Ender, which chugs with a shuffling beat and faintly spooky vocal. Theirs is a definably American sound, full of autumnal road trip camaraderie, Springseen-esque storytelling and the delights of nature, rooted in a sound which is equal parts wide-eyed expansiveness and warm indie folk familiarity akin to Fleet Foxes, but minus the occasionally sickly harmonies.